Andrew Brennan on Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:53:58 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [Plug] Which scripting language?


   You could go with the Perl camel, someone is writing a book online that
   might eventually take over for what the llama book does.  Can't help in
   the Python department, sorry.

On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Bill Jonas wrote:

> I've got a couple of Barnes & Noble gift certificates to play with, so I
> thought I'd pick up a book about either Perl or Python.  I'd like some
> advice from some of the ultra-ninja-foo hackers out there ;) -- which one
> should I start with?  I realize that Perl is established and used more than
> Python, but I've heard Very Good Things about Python, namely, that it's a
> "cleaner" language, and that more and more people are using it.
> 
> As far as the books go, I was thinking O'Reilly.  If I go Perl, should I get
> the camel book or the llama book?  Anybody have any <$40 favorites by
> another publisher?  How about for Python?  TIA for any advice.
> 



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